Catholic Techno Geek

I am a little late getting this out. Part of the problem with me writing on the topic of registering a URL is that I have only registered a URL only once. So I am not exactly what you would call an expert, so I have been hesitant on this one. However, with that said, [...]

Being not satisfied with my current design for this site, I am doing some research and learning. I purchased Lisa Sabin-Wilson’s “BuddyPress for Dummies.” I have her “WordPress for Dummies” and while I had figured out most of WordPress by that time, I still found it to be a great resource. It is also a [...]

How much do we throw away?

In the previous articles, I wrote about how you can create a pretty secure password. In this post I would like to focus on how you take a strong password and weaken it. One of the most common ways of taking all of the power out of a secure password is to share it. And [...]

I realize I have been slack in my duties and keeping up on this site. I allowed myself to get sucked into playing Mass Effect 2 and family business. I hope to continue my password protection series in the next couple of days.

I made these back in November of 2008 to allow people to get a sense of unique construction of the Church of the Nativity (now know as Nativity Church of Fargo). The architecture was designed to be stark and barren to create the feeling of being in the manager of Christ’s birth. The church, through [...]

In the society of today, it may seem strange to talk about password security; after all almost everything has a password. Our email, credit card, bank accounts…the list goes on and on. So why even mention it? The same reason for not not talking about it (the pervasive use of passwords) is the reason for [...]

I had intended to continue my thoughts on computer security this week. However, I will be affected by the annual flood season this week. So my thoughts will be on sandbags and parishioners safety this week. I ask for your prayers this week… This week will be like Lent and hopefully Easter compressed into 7 [...]

If you want to break into something, damage something, or destroy something, the easiest method to use is to exploit the weakest link. A wise man can install the best locks ever made on his doors, but if he fails to lock the door, a thief can still enter through the door. With church security, [...]